Dovid (Duh-vid) Rosenstein is a popular YouTuber who, along with his sister, Rachel, runs “Don’t Look Now.” When he becomes obsessed with an adorable let’s player named Sam, he plugs Sam on his channel, wanting him to get more views. Sam, a shy gamer from Ireland, is baffled when his channel is suddenly flooded with new viewers and subscribers. When he thanks Dovid on his channel, it leads to a series of DMs between the two men, which leads to texting, which leads to phone calls, which leads…

They may be in two different countries, but soon Dovid and Sam find themselves becoming more and more attracted to one another. But can a long-distance relationship between two people who’ve never met in person really work?

This was a very cute book and a sweet read. I liked both characters, but Sam was definitely my favorite. I found his anxiety and shyness to be very real. Not that Dovid wasn’t real, too! They were both realistic and well-written. I liked seeing their relationship grow from a one-sided admiration, to mutual admiration, to attraction, and eventually to love.

As cute as it was, the writing style didn’t work as well for me. All the YouTube bits seems stilted and unnatural. I’m not sure if it was simply the nature of trying to translate a visual medium to text or if the writer just didn’t convey it well enough. I also found the plot to be a little simplistic. There wasn’t much conflict or tension. It was a sweet slice of life, but it was a lot of Sam and Dovid just talking or thinking about how much they liked each other. Sam had a lot of problems with his job and his family, but we don’t see it; we’re just told about it when he talks to Dovid. It might have been interesting to see some of those conversation and really get a feeling of how horrible his family way. I don’t know. It just seemed all too easy, when it came down to it.

Overall, while I liked this book, I found it a little boring because of the lack of tension and conflict. If you’re looking for an easy, sweet book without much conflict, than this definitely is the book to pick up.